Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) briefs the press after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on November 27, 2012.McConnell accused Democrats Tuesday of throwing a "bomb" into the Senate by proposing to change rules for obstructing legislation with filibusters. McConnell told reporters, "The last thing on my list would have been to throw a bomb into the Senate, have it blow up, and have everybody mad as heck". Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has proposed invoking seldom-used procedures to change Senate Rules (which some have called the "nuclear option") with a simple 51 vote majority. (Photo by Jeff Malet)